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Category: My Blog

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 mirandav

Does writing style change how learners perceive choices in a branched scenario?

My Blog

An important aspect of my PhD research is to try out different ways of writing choices (in branched scenarios) and see if it changes the

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September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 mirandav

Read, watch, listen and play your way to writing better interactive stories for learning

My Blog

At a recent webinar on game writing techniques for learning some attendees asked me for recommended books. Well, this list has some books, but in

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March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 mirandav

Playing with choices: framing and options

My Blog

I’ve recently read some really interesting research by Peter Mawhorter et al. about ‘choice poetics’ (Mawhorter, Mateas, Wardrip-Fruin, & Jhala, 2014). The authors look at

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November 7, 2019January 23, 2020 mirandav

Write better elearning scenarios: active or descriptive choices

My Blog

The most important aspect of branching scenarios and interactive stories are the choices presented to the player/learner. Choices are what make interactive stories different from

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April 27, 2019January 23, 2020 mirandav

Write better elearning scenarios: subtext

My Blog

Last year I embarked on a big journey. At the immature age of 50, I decided to start a PhD! It’s, to say the least,

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August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 mirandav

Using Twine for complex video scenario design

My Blog

For a recent scenario-based course in health care, my client was very keen to work with video scenarios. After a deep needs analysis, we established

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February 7, 2018January 23, 2020 mirandav

Write better elearning scenarios: constructing stories from learning objectives

Instructional design, My Blog, scenarios, storytelling

Scenario- and story based courses are a powerful medium to immerse learners in situations where they can practice their skills. Writing engaging stories, with learner

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December 8, 2016August 29, 2019 mirandav

How to run a SME meeting with Cathy Moore’s action mapping model

Action mapping, Instructional design, learningworlddesign, My Blog, scenarios

Anyone who has run SME meetings using Cathy Moore’s action mapping model or plans to to so after reading her blog, will have discovered that it

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May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 mirandav

Can the learner journey be the learning outcome?

game thinking, learningworlddesign, My Blog

I was listening to a Game design podcast in the car this morning, the Game Design Round Table, and something was said that challenged my thinking

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March 15, 2016March 22, 2016 mirandav

A classification of game thinking in learning design

game thinking, Gamified learning, Instructional design, learningworlddesign, My Blog, Uncategorized

Reading Andrzej Marczewski’s (@daverage) excellent and very engaging book “Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play” has made me analyse more deeply how we try (and succeed or fail) to

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